Re: [PATCH 0/2] tools/memory-model: remove ACCESS_ONCE()

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Fri Jul 06 2018 - 10:53:27 EST


On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 07:23:42PM +0200, Andrea Parri wrote:
> > commit 33a58ee5eadadfb1f4850eabd4fac332984881d5
> > Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tue Jul 3 08:48:09 2018 -0700
> >
> > tools/memory-model: Add informal LKMM documentation to MAINTAINERS
> >
> > The Linux-kernel memory model has been informal, with a number of
> > text files documenting it. It would be good to make sure that these
> > informal descriptions are kept up to date and/or pruned appropriately.
> > This commit therefore brings more of those text files into the LKMM
> > MAINTAINERS file entry.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jade Alglave <j.alglave@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Daniel Lustig <dlustig@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> With the disclaimer that I'm not (yet) familiar with reST,
>
> Acked-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Adding the linux-arch ML, as you suggested, would also make sense to me.

Very good, thank you! I have a --squash commit in -rcu to add your ack
and also linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanx, Paul

> Thanks,
> Andrea
>
>
> >
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index f2903b818671..2ba947fc9a2f 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -8321,6 +8321,10 @@ L: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > S: Supported
> > T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git
> > F: tools/memory-model/
> > +F: Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt
> > +F: Documentation/atomic_t.txt
> > +F: Documentation/core-api/atomic_ops.rst
> > +F: Documentation/core-api/refcount-vs-atomic.rst
> > F: Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
> >
> > LINUX SECURITY MODULE (LSM) FRAMEWORK
> >
>